Abacha (African Salad)

Name: Abacha (African Salad)
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 1/2 kg dry abacha; 2 cksp Palm Oil; 2 knorr cube; 1/2 cup crayfish; to taste salt; 1 bulb onion diced; 3 fresh pepper; 2 leaf akwukwo ofe (garden egg leaf) sliced; 1 tbsp potash(akawu)

Amaka Udekwe @cook_7249796

Nigeria

I had this visitor coming over on sunday and I decided to try out abacha inplace of the usual sunday rice and it was fun cos my visitor least expected it.

Amaka Udekwe @cook_7249796

Nigeria

I had this visitor coming over on sunday and I decided to try out abacha inplace of the usual sunday rice and it was fun cos my visitor least expected it.

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Ingredients

30mins

5 servings

1/2 kgdry abacha
2cksp Palm Oil
2knorr cube
1/2 cupcrayfish
to tastesalt
1bulb onion diced
3fresh pepper
2 leafakwukwo ofe (garden egg leaf) sliced
1 tbsppotash(akawu)

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Steps

30mins

1

In a bowl add enough lukewarm water that can cover the abacha, drain and set aside; In a small plate pour in the potash and add a little water and set aside.
2

Pound pepper, crayfrish and onion in a small mortar if you have any and set aside.
3

In a pot, pour in Palm oil and mix in the potash water and stir till you get a yellow paste, add your pounded crayfish, salt, onions, pepper and knorr cube mix everything together
4

Add the drain abacha into the oil paste and stir proper, add the garden egg leaf, stir and serve with fried fish
5

I decided to dice some of the garden leaf and onions separately so I can sprinkle on it